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Heck Not Applicable to Ad Seg; Only "Available" Exhaustion Required
Loaded on Nov. 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
November, 1999, page 17
Heck Not Applicable to Ad Seg; Only "Available" Exhaustion Required
Filed under:
Disciplinary Hearings,
Disciplinary Litigation,
Administrative Exhaustion (PLRA).
Location:
California.
A federal district court in California held that the principles of Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994), do not apply to claims that do not involve deprivation of good-time credits. The court further held that purely monetary claims do …
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